10 Quick Tips About Immigration Scams

Tip 1: Common Immigration Scams https://www.uscis.gov/avoid-scams/common-scams  Tip 2: Scam Alerts https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/scam-alerts https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/taxonomy/term/863 Tip 3: Notario Scams FTC.gov: How Myriam and Pedro Learned about Notario Scams (pdf) https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/ files/articles/pdf/pdf-0203-fotonovela-notario-scams.pdf  FTC.gov: Cómo se enteraron Myriam y Pedro de las estafas de notario (pdf) https://www.consumidor.ftc.gov/ articulos/spdf-0203-estafas-de-notario.pdf Tip 4: Resources to Avoid Immigration Scams www.uscis.gov/avoid-scams/resource-center Tip 5: U.S. Government Website for Immigration Info U.S. Embassy and Consulate websites: http://www.usembassy.gov/ Department of State, Consular Affairs travel website: http://travel.state.go vDepartment of State, Diversity Visa Lottery website: http://www.dvlottery.state.gov Department of Homeland Security (DHS): http://www.dhs.gov DHS, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: http://www.uscis.gov DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection: http://www.cbp.gov DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement: http://www.ice.gov Department of Labor: http://www.doleta.gov Tip 6: Immigrate to the United States https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry/diversity-visa-instructions.html Tip 7: Work or Study in the United States https://www.uscis.gov/working-us Tip 8: Check My Case Status (and more tools) https://www.uscis.gov/tools https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do   Tip 9: Good, Low-cost Legal Aid https://www.justice.gov/eoir/list-pro-bono-legal-service-providers Tip 10: Report a Scam https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ Thanks for learning more about Immigration Scams!Have you been a victim of immigration fraud? Do you know about people who might be victims of fraud—or who are committing fraud? USCIS wants to make reporting suspected fraud easy. email: [email protected]  Watch all the videos in the uscitizenpod: Immigration Scams Playlist http://bit.ly/USscams  This video is available on YouTube: 10 Quick Tips About Immigration Scams https://youtu.be/67sIfSwuxBA